Fate of the antifungal drug clotrimazole in agricultural soil

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 582-587

  Sabourin, Lyne ^a   Al Rajab, Abdul Jabbar ^a   Chapman, Ralph ^a   Lapen, David R ^a   Topp, Edward ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Biosolids; Clotrimazole; Dissipation; Endocrine disruption

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ANTI-FUNGAL; ANTIFUNGAL DRUGS; BROKEN DOWN; CLAY LOAMS; CLOTRIMAZOLE; DISSIPATION; DISSIPATION RATES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; LOAM SOILS; MOISTURE CONTENTS; NON-EXTRACTABLE RESIDUES; PARENT COMPOUNDS; SANDY LOAMS; SOIL TEXTURES; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; FUNGI; METHANOL; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SOILS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CLOTRIMAZOLE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALCOHOL; BIOSOLID; DISSIPATION; DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MINERALIZATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SANDY LOAM; SEWAGE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TEXTURE; WATER TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; CLAY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INCUBATION TIME; LOAM SOIL; MINERALIZATION; MOISTURE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SANDY LOAM; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOIL; SOIL TEXTURE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CLOTRIMAZOLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALF-LIFE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 79551576248     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.432     Document Type: Article

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